Glycodelin-A as a paracrine regulator in early pregnancy

Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 29-34

  Lee, Cheuk Lun ^a   Lam, Kevin K W ^a   Koistinen, Hannu ^b   Seppala, Markku ^b   Kurpisz, Maciej ^c   Fernandez, Nelson ^d   Pang, Ronald T K ^a   Yeung, William S B ^a   Chiu, Philip C N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c INSTITUTE OF HUMAN GENETICS   (Poland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fetal tolerance; Glycodelin A; Glycosylation; Immunoendocrinology; Placentation

Indexed keywords

GLYCODELIN A; PLACENTA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CELL INVASION; CELL TYPE; CYTOTOXICITY; DENDRITIC CELL; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HOMEOSTASIS; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOMODULATION; MACROPHAGE; MONOCYTE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; TROPHOBLAST;

EID: 79960001031     PISSN: 01650378     EISSN: 18727603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jri.2011.04.007     Document Type: Article

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